#BDB72F#BDB72F

#BDB72F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.149 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB72F
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 47)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 75.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -13.11, 64.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 66.28, 101.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% -0.0431 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.149 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4344, 44.8924, 9.3293)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB72F #2F35BD

analogous

#BD702F #BDB72F #7CBD2F

triadic

#BDB72F #2FBDB7 #B72FBD

tetradic

#BDB72F #2FBD70 #2F35BD #BD2F7C

square

#BDB72F #2FBD70 #2F35BD #BD2F7C

split-complementary

#BDB72F #2F7CBD #702FBD

monochromatic

#5B5817 #8C8823 #BDB72F #D5CF55 #E1DD86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDB72F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#BDB72F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB72F

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB72F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB72F	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B010

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb72f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.149 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cc72',
    500: '#bdb72f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb72f;
$custom-light: #d5cc72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb72f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.465,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7612,
    "c": 0.14882,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB72F

secondary

#7E81CA

accent

#4BE344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB72F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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